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THE WRITER Koh Shi Li. Born on 6 Sept 1987. Virgo. Has 2 sisters, whom i'm in a love-hate relationship with. Met the most wonderful guy, who is also damn lucky to have met me, on 18 Nov 2006 and we have been working hard towards a beautiful future tgt since then. HER MAN Puah Yeow Chong  HER UPDATES TAGBOARD HER FRIENDS OTHERS HER MEMORIES August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012 CREDIT |
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Day 1 of Teaching After my 1st lesson, i went back to the staff lounge and cried over the phone to darling. It wasn't the nice 1A class i went to, it was more like because i think i did a bad job. I couldn't control the kids, even though i was told that that is probably the best class in the school. Perhaps it was the 1st day of school and they were still excited about the AYG torch relay earlier in the day. Little did i know that the real nightmare will start from my second class onwards. For the rest of the day, i had lessons for music (for the normal tech classes) and english for sec 3NA. I lost control of the classes, they students talked back to me, they were playing music and sleeping in the class, and i had a v rude and problematic student, who cannot stop talking and saying rude and unpleasant things at me. After this huge culture shock, i thought i couldn't continue anymore so i told my in charge that i don't think i am cut out for teaching. Many people tried talking to me and said that it's only the 1st day of school and since they have not seen each other for a while, they had alot of things to share with each other. Moreover, i have to admit that i wasn't prepared for the lessons but it was because i did not have the scheme of work and i seriously just did not know what to prepare. Hence, i decided to give myself and the students another chance and i told myself "Try for 1 week and see how it goes. Perhaps i can get used to it and the students will be less rowdy tomorrow." How naive i was. Day 2 of Teaching This time, i prepared for my lessons, and i thought i was well prepared. 1st lesson of the day was double period for one of my sec 3NA classes. I went in alone, and gave them work to do. Same as yesterday, i couldn't control them, esp the rude and couldn't-stop talking one, whom i shall call RS (rude student). It started like this... I was outside waiting for Teacher X to finish up her lesson and i saw one of the new teachers going to NIE at the back of the class and i smiled at her. She came out of the class while the Teacher X was answering the questions of some students and i talked to the new teacher for a while, she was telling me how rowdy the class was and wished me good luck, and i told her i came to the class yesterday already. Anyway, while i was talking to her, RS came out of the class and said.. RS: You want to teach or not Me: Yes. Y? RS: You want to teach den come in lah! Stand outside of the class and talk and talk for what?!? Teacher X: BECAUSE SHE WAS WAITING FOR ME TO COME OUT OF THE CLASS 1ST! (in caps because she raised her voice at him) So i went into the class and wasted to start my lesson. I gave them work to do and walked around to help those who needs help, wake those who are sleeping, asked those talking to do their work and those who are not in their seats to get back to their seats. Most of the time, i wasn't helping those who needs help because when u ask them of they need help, they either dun bother to reply you or say no, and i was held up by doing the rest i mentioned. RS was the 1st to finish his work and i thought "Wow.. maybe he is not that bad afterall". Then he went around the class talking to people whom have not finished their work. So i told him to get back to his seat, but he refused, and asked those who are not doing their work to start. Then he started making some noise which i ignored and insisted he gets back to his seat. Then he said "毛都还没有长完就要来叫我们" I was furious and terribly upset but i ignored him. Then halfway through the lesson, my in-charge came in and said that she is supposed to be in the class with me but she was given the wrong timetable in the morning so she came in late. The moment she came in, those standing in thee class immediately went back to their seats and the class was quiet, but not for long. After a few minutes, the class returned to its rowdy state and the students were asking her if i will be tecahing for long and RS smelly mouth opened and said "你叫一个二十多岁，毛都还没有长完的人来教我们，我们哪里会学到东西?" My in-charge did not hear him say that but i heard. These two comments helped me made up my mind that i cannot continue anymore and i do not want to come back tomorrow to see them again. Why do i have to be emotionally attacked here? I told peiying and another teacher about this and both told me that he is like that to all teachers so it's not only me and it has nothing to do with me. RS just likes to test new teachers and when he can get teachers to cry, he will have a sense of achievement. They kept saying it's not be but it turns out that it is me! It's me who cannot deal and accept these insults. It's me who cannot turn a blind eye to RS's and the other rude students behaviour towards me. Although i ignored his every comment in class, i took them personally and is terribly hurt and insulted inside, and i almost cried in class. Moreover, this other class i went to shouted to me "Cher, you sound/look like a kid". Seriously, i'm, just not cut out for this job. I'm not suitable physically, mentally and emotionally. So i insisted to my in-charge that i do not want to go back tomorrow, not for another lashing of insults and go through hell again, because i simply cannot take it anymore. I was complaining to the other relief teacher, who is supposed to do relief for one semester, and he told me that he cannot take it too and is considering to quit if things don't improve by the end of this week. His reason was the workload, different from mine, my reason is the students like RS. I love my sec one class though. I'm sorry if i have disappointed anyone. My mum (but after i told her what RS told me, i think she understood), darling, my in-charge and peiying, but i'm not psychologically strong enough for this. Sunday, June 14, 2009 Heh heh. As you can see from my side panel, i'm quite addicted to twitter now, but i have less than 10 friends twittering and i only chose to follow 1 or 2. Hope i can have more friends in this so that it can be more fun. Haha. Wondering how is Meixin doing now, eversince she started working, i dun see her online anymore and well, we sort of lost contact. =( Hope to see her at the Convo!! Please wait for me to come take pictures with you before u leave TMX! Went to Changi V with darling, JJ and JJ's friend for supper last night and i had 红茶龙眼, or you may perfer to call it 龙眼红茶. Hee. It's been sooooo long since i last had it and it's still as delicious. Miss the supper days we used to have.  Sometime, very long ago, me, my mum and my sister went to Genting with my grandparents. We satyed in the resort hotel and initially, we got lousy rooms, which were not renovated yet so they were very old looking and w/o the shower head my sister went to genting for. (She loves the shower head so much she is willing to go there just so that she gets to use the shower head) The renovated rooms are definitely nicer.  The renovated rooms only has 1 toilet, while the old room has 2, one for peeing and one for shower. The old rooms also does not have the nice wooden designs. One strange thing about the new rooms is that the cupboard can be opened from 2 sides, from the toilet and from the room, so if both sides are opened, you can see the person bathing from the room. Haha!! One last thing before i end this post.. Think about 1 month ago, i asked my sister to help me buy back a cup of Mocha from Delifrance and when they brought it back, this is what got!!  Look at the pathetic amount they gave me! I swear to god that i did not drink it before taking a picture of it and the in the delifrance paper bag, there was no evidence of the Mocha had spilled. Since my sisters are either not a fan coffee or not a fan of Mocha, i had to believe that they did not drink it before bringing it back. Even if they did, there will be "drink marks", or whatever u call it cos i don't know the word, on the side of the cup right? Especially since the cup is white and the coffee is brown. So angry and i saw this cos i paid $4-$5 for this cup of Mocha.One last last thing.. I don't think I is ready to teaches with my current standards of english. Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Since i kept complaining to darling that i have the car for one week but we did not go out for fun at night, which is normally not possible unless i have the car, so he decided to go out with me last night. Hee. I'm happy cos we haven't been spending time doing things totally unrelated to work or sleep together for quite some time. We went for dinner at the ECP food centre. Ate sinful food that we both haven't been eating for quite some time. We also had BBQ stingray, which came so late that we almost cancelled the order.  After dinner, we walked around at ECP and, after much persuasion from me, darling did some pull ups.    After a while, we decided that there is nth much left to do at ECP so i suggested we go to the waterfront at kallang. Remember i went there a few times with Jenny and once with the sec sch gals and we sat at the pub with a tower. Think i still have the photos in my album. Haha. But sadly, the pub had closed down. So, darling and i just walked the bridge twice (it is still a hotspot for couples) and he suggested that we go to the Mac with the drive-thru for icecream. We drove back home after sharing a milo McFlurry, which darling thinks is too bland, and green tea. It sound like nothing much, but really, it's the company that is impt. It's been a long time since darling and i can steal some time together at night to have fun and grow fatter. Haha. Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Food Good for Skin Water: Common cause of dehydrated skin is lack of fluid Cold-water Oily Fish: Salmon, trout, and tuna - packed with omega-3 fatty acids - strengthen the blood and giv skin a fresh, soft look Fruit and Veg: Most nourishing for the skin and lungs are apples, figs, berry fruits (esp. raspberries and strawberries) apricots, asian pears, Chinese black and red dates, papayas, red beans, avocado, bean sprouts, broccoli and other dark green veg, carrots (yuck), celery, chickpeas, cucumbers, dandelion flowers, garlic, ginger (yuck), green beans, leek, lentils, black beans, mung beans, onions, pumpkins, radishes, seaweed, spinach, sweet potatoes, water chestnuts, watercress Grains, Nuts and Seeds: Concentrate on black sesame seeds, brown rice, sunflower seeds, whole grains, oats, walnuts and brazil nuts Live Yogurt: Combats the free radicals responsible for skin aging Tofu and other Soy-based foods Other Foods/ Herbs: Bird's nest (duh..), honey, licorice roots, mint, peppermint, red clover, flaxseed oil, wheatgerm oil and bamboo shoots I have gained in interest in maintaining health and beauty by adjusting what u eat after i came back from my grad trip. Thanks to my tour guide. Hence, i borrowed books to read up more and what i have here is less than 10% of the book, so i think it should be okay, and i have only included the foods which i know, meaning those mentioned in the book but i have no idea what is that even after i have googled, are not included. Sunday, June 7, 2009 Went to meet Judy with darling yesterday at compass pt. It has been a long time since I last saw her. Think the last time we've met was during the steamboat class gathering at the end of last year. There was a cold storage sale at the basement of compass pt and I bought this hello kitty piggy bank. As u can see, it's filled with jelly and it only costs $9.90. If u were to buy an empty piggy bank, of this size, from minitoons, I think it'll cost $12.90. I wanted to buy at when I 1st saw it at the parkway cold storage sale but I forgot to buy it before I leave that place. Hee. So lucky to see it again!   Darling stayed over yesterday again and I feel rather bad because he hasn't gone home for the past 3 days. I think he likes slping in an aircon room though, he had intended to wake up at 11am last night but he woke up at 1245pm instead. He's supposed to meet someone at TM at 130pm so I woke him up when his phone alarm went off at 1230 but he said he wanted to sleep until 115pm! Haha. I cooked noodles for him while he prepared to leave for his appointment. Back to yesterday, Judy brought pasta, which she made herself, for me and darling. She cooked some creamy pasta with mushroom and broccoli. I hate creamy things, while darling cannot stand mushroom. But I still tried her pasta, and finished her mushroom and broccoli. Didn't know she is interested to learn cooking. Haha. I'm trying to use Microsoft word to blog for the 1st time. Hope it turns out fine. Edited: The photos din appear so i guess i'll still be using blogger to blog. And i saw this show on tv called "Back at the Barnyard" and do you see anything strange from the picture? The cow at the front is a male and.... it has an udder!! Haha. Whoever created this show must be stupid. Saturday, June 6, 2009 Went for the cooking lesson with Bao Xia yesterday. We only got to see the instructor cook and the instructor was a full-of-himself kind of person and he really talks alot! Half of what he said was unrelated to what he taught. These were the dishes we learnt: Crystal Jaded Cucumber Chicken Rice  Indonesia Bali Curry Chicken  Savoury White Bean Kueh  We get to bring a portion of each type of food home and the chicken rice was disappointing! It was really delicious but they gave us a whole box of rice and one tiny slice of chicken. I shared the food with darling so we each got half piece of chicken. As for the curry, i also got one drumlet and 2 small pieces of chicken meat that has dropped off from other drumlets. Lucky for darling, i don't like to eat drumlets so he could have it. The curry sauce was very nice though. If i were to cook the curry, i would use chicken wing instead of drumlets. As for the kueh, it's still in my fridge. Hee. I would probably try to cook the curry and the chicken rice but not the kueh. When the teacher said we could take photos of the food he had cooked, bx said that i could take the photos and post them on my blog, which i'm doing right now. Haha. She seems to find it amusing when she talks abt blog though. Haha. She kept laughing when she talks abt my blog. She also passed me a waaay overdue christmas present, which she got from Japan, but i'm only going to set it up when i get the tealight candles from Ikea. Thanks van! Friday, June 5, 2009 Went to the school to get some books and the student's exam papers back so that i know how to grade them in the future. I'll be teaching two sec 3 NA classes and one sec 1 class english. I'll also be teaching.... music?? Gotta start preparing for the 1st week's lessons soon. Don't want to go there unprepared. I have been doing some stupid quizzes on FB. Rmb i had a crush in JC and me and my friends gave him the nickname Boon Leng. Haha. And i'm gg to marry BL..   Hope darling sees this. Haha. He's lucky to have met me. Hee  Thursday, June 4, 2009 I'm sleeping alone in my room today. This is like the 1st time ever i've slept alone at home. As far as i can remember, when my sisters are not around, i was always in hall, preparing for the camp. This is like the peak period for HAVOC. I can't really sleep alone. When i had to spend nights alone in hall, i will normally sleep at 4am, because i still rmb someone told me it's the time when they all go back. But normally when i know that i'm gg to be alone, i'll inform darling so that he can TRY to make arrangements to come over to accompany me. And so.. Darling is coming over tml to accompany me. Yay~ He said he'll TRY to come over every alternate day to accompany me at night, and i'm going to TRY to make sure that he comes. Hee. I'll be going down to the school (Yuying Secondary School in Hougang) on friday for briefing. Think i have to start to prepare work for the new term. I'll be a relief teacher there for one term, until the september holidays, and hopefully, i can have a break after that. Perhaps a retreat to somewhere beachy with darling? Hee. But they had told me that if they're not able to find a replacement before i leave, i may have to continue until before i start work @ KPMG. Well.... At least the pay is going to be good. Wednesday, June 3, 2009 While bathing just now, i thought abt how things will be like when i start relief teaching in less than a months' time. How the students will be like, how my colleagues will be like, how my teachers were like in the past, and that i can enjoy cheap food from the school's canteen again.... Then i recalled the noodle stall from my primary school. I remembered it only costs 40 cents and i will always order the 鱼饼汤 and add alot of chilli suace in it. I loved the chilli sauce!! when i buy the fish cakes, i'll dip the whole thing in the chilli bowl (Eww.. i know. But everyone does that okayy??) and the fish cake will be dripping with chilli sauce. Haha. Slurps. the bowl of soup will be very hot, but i could take spicy since i was very young. If only i can taste the soup again~~ Monday, June 1, 2009 Slack & Eat Alot Day Darling and I woke up at 12pm today. We had the chicken rice, which my mum prepared before she went out in the morning and i watch him prepare for his appt at my house. I went to bathe when my mother came back and we drove to Giant with my sister. Bought fries from Giant and darling fried the whole packet for us, my sister and my mum to share. Left my house at 6pm to go to his house for dinner. We went to the Sheng Siong near his hhouse cos i wanted to buy something for his mum, in case she is unhappy that darling did not go home the night before. When we reached his house, we immediately had dinner. We shared 2 bowls of mee siam and a plate of noodles cos there were too much left over. Then, as we were watching TV, we shared a dumpling, cos 是他的妈妈包的 so must eat. After that, just before i was going to leave, we finished a bag of chips. Oh! And we shared 2 packets of instant noodles the night before @ 2am because i was hungry. Must starve myself for the next few days. Although i'm getting fat, something worth getting happy over happened today. We haven't been able to settle on a place to live in IF we get married. From time to time, i'll ask darling where he wants to stay in and his ans is always either AMK or serangoon or somewhere in the northeast area. So today, i asked him again and his ans was the same. I told him i dont wanna stay in AMK because it's an old estate, as in alot of older ppl stays there and so the facilities are more for old ppl. Then, as he was walking me to the car, he said "Ok lah. If you can find any suitable flats in Tampines this year then keep me informed loh." I was elated when he said that but now i feel a little bad cos he had to give in alot to make this decision. We can always stay with his parents. I don't mind at all. Hee! Going to attend a cooking class with bao xia on friday! Can't wait to meet up.. Hee. I wanna go swimming~~ =( |
